OVER THAT NEXT HILL
Beth Petty • January 4, 2025

POEM BY TERRY FAUST "OVER THAT NEXT HILL"

Ramblin' Man a tune well known, by fans of Hiram Hank

For him a feeling in his bones, impossible to shake

Some claim a fever, without a doctor's pill

It's only pain reliever, over that next hill.


Constantly on the move, endlessly in search

Emptiness you can't prove, well acquainted with the hurt

To ease the ear-piercing sound, of a quite still

Wishing as lightning strikes the ground, to be over that next hill.


A concern one must live, to truly understand

Yet with pen, Hank does give discern to Ramblin' Man

For Luke, a train would simulate such a lonesome ill

Though Highway Eleven he would take, over that next hill.


Terry Faust 2024

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